The Ten Commandments: A Short History of an Ancient Text

by Michael Coogan

2020-07-21 05:52:56

How, among all the laws reportedly given on Mount Sinai, did the Ten Commandments become the Ten Commandments? When did that happen? There are several versions of the Decalogue in the Old Testament, so how is it to be determined which is the most aut... Read more
How, among all the laws reportedly given on Mount Sinai, did the Ten Commandments become the Ten Commandments? When did that happen? There are several versions of the Decalogue in the Old Testament, so how is it to be determined which is the most authoritative? Why were different versions created? This book deals with these questions. Less

Book Details

File size5.51x8.27x0.00inches
Print pages176
PublisherYale University Press
Publication date June 30, 2014
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780300178715
Michael Coogan is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College and Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. One of the leading biblical scholars in the United States, he is edit...

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